Readership
Advanced Practice Nurses, Biomedical Researchers, Clinicians, Critical Care Nurses, Critical Care Physicians, Emergency Nurses, Emergency Physicians, Environmental Epidemiologists, Epidemiologists, Family Practice Physicians, General Practitioners, Health Scientists, Health Service Researchers, Internists, Mental Health Evaluators, Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners/Physician Assistants, Pediatricians, Physicians, Physicians - Medicine, Physiologists, Primary Care Physicians, Public Health Professionals, Researchers, Residents, Surgeons
Scope
The Southern Medical Journal is the official, peer-reviewed journal of the Southern Medical Association. It has a multidisciplinary and inter-professional focus that covers a broad range of topics relevant to physicians and other healthcare specialists, including medicine; surgery; women’s and children’s health; mental health; emergency and disaster medicine; public health and environmental medicine; bioethics and medical education; and quality health care, patient safety, and best practices. As the official journal of SMA, the peer-reviewed SMJ has for more than 100 years provided the latest clinical information in areas that affect patients' daily lives.